Golden Time (JungYong)

51

Suhyuk's mother put several 10,000 won notes in Suhyuk's hands. 

"I don't need it as I stay only inside the hospital."

"You still keep it," she said, putting the money deep into his pocket.

"Do they serve meals? Can I prepare some food for you?"
"They serve good food at the hospital. And I don't have any space to keep food."

It was a very small lodging with bunk beds. The refrigerator was small as well. 

"I'll come back when I have time."

"Yeah, yeah, slow down while taking shortcuts…"

With her son going out the porch, she looked at him admirably. 

It was just like yesterday that he protested and complained like a teen, with his room locked from the inside, but now he became an adult man. And also one where his profession was that of a doctor. All the people around her envied her, saying she had such a great son. She just smiled before she knew it because she was so proud of her son.

"I'm leaving now. Do not come out." 

"Call me when you have time."

With a soft smile, Suhyuk thought to himself, while leaving the house, 'Mom and dad, please wait a little bit. I'll soon let you live in luxury.'

His gait to the bus stop was light.

It's already been one week since he became an intern. He thought that he was going to be busy from the beginning but it was a misjudgement of his. He was not assigned to training right away. Instead he was just told the upcoming curriculum. Seven days of adjusting time was given to him. He was only a little more busy than when he was a PK student. Even that was coming to an end as of today.

He had to visit each clinical department and spend time with his primary physician for intensive learning with no time to go to sleep. It was only natural, given that when they're short staffed, it was the interns who had to fill the vacuum. In the course of the training, all the miscellaneous things should be handled by the interns. They also had to examine and report on the condition of the patients to the primary doctor. When they get a call, they have to rush immediately, brushing their sleepy eyes, night or dawn. They had been prepared for this because they heard about this from their seniors and from the doctors. 

If he could save a dying person, he would do anything.

Suhyuk, waiting for the bus, looked down at his own hands quietly.

Can I use these hands for the patient? As I'm only an intern, all I can do is just suturing or looking on, even with a sick patient before my eyes.' 

He blew away such thoughts with a short breath.

Getting on board a bus, a medical law clause came to his mind. Article 5 clause 1, which goes like this: 'A lawful medical person is someone who has majored in medical science with a MS degree, passed the national medical exam and received the license from the Ministry of Health and Welfare'

Though he was an intern, he was certified to take care of the patient. 

'If a person was dying in front of me... I don't have to hesitate or hide the medical knowledge I keep in my head, right?'

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After coming into the hospital lodging, Suhyuk began to unload his baggage. 

There was nothing particular about the packed stuff. It was all clothes. 

At that moment, Kwon Jaeik, carrying a coke, came in.

"You just got here?"

He was supposed to share the lodging with him.